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Canada's battle of the books is back! The Canada Reads 2026 Longlist has been revealed. Which books are you hoping to see contend in the top 5? cbc.ca/books/canadare…

The holidays are just around the corner! A time to gather with friends and family, or sneak off for a bit of R&R with a good book 📚 We will be taking a break over the holidays. Whitehots will be closed December 24‑26 and January 1‑2. Happy holidays from our team to yours! ☃️

The YA graphic novel HUDA F WANTS TO KNOW? is one of the #BestBooks2025! Author/illustrator Huda Fahmy told us more about creating it. ow.ly/zMYn50XGmtx @PenguinTeen @penguinusa #YoungAdultBooks 🎉📚🎉

Winners of the 2025 National Book Awards Announced nationalbook.org/winners-of-the…

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2025 National Book Awards! The 76th National Book Awards Ceremony & Benefit Dinner was hosted by Jeff Hiller and featured musical guest Corinne Bailey Rae. To re-live the celebration, visit nationalbok.org/awards.

Remembrance Day is a day we honour and thank those who served and sacrificed to protect our freedoms and values, from past to present day. Join your community at 11:00 AM for a moment of silence to pause, reflect and remember. #CanadaRemembers #LeCanadaSeSouvient #LestWeForget

Happy Halloween book lovers! What's haunting your #TBR this weekend? 🎃👻📚

No way, Shohei! #WantItAll #WorldSeries #BookSpinePoetry @BlueJays @LAPublicLibrary @Dodgers

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse are wandering through the wilds again. 💙 ALWAYS REMEMBER, the highly anticipated new book from beloved author and illustrator Charlie Mackesy is on sale today! Start reading now 👉 bit.ly/47uGrYD

Whitehots will be closed Monday for Thanksgiving. We'll be sleeping off the turkey… mid-chapter 📚 See you Tuesday, book lovers! 🍂🦃

Congratulations to the 2025 Finalists for Young People's Literature: Kyle Lukoff (@KyleLukoff), Amber McBride, Daniel Nayeri (@DanielNayeri), Hannah V. Sawyerr (@HannSawyerr), and Ibi Zoboi!

Announcing the 2025 National Book Award Finalists for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature! Join us in congratulating all of the honored writers, translators, and publishing teams. | @nytimes nytimes.com/2025/10/07/boo…

We are pleased to share the 2025 #GillerPrize shortlist! 📚 Mona Awad for her novel We Love You, Bunny, published by Scribner Canada 📚 @eddyautomatic for his novel The Tiger and the Cosmonaut, published by Viking Canada 📚 Emma Donoghue for her novel The Paris Express, published by Harper Avenue 📚 @KnightEmmaL for her novel The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus, published by Viking Canada 📚 Souvankham Thammavongsa for her novel Pick a Colour, published by @KnopfCA Learn more here: gillerprize.ca/the-giller-pri… #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature

So very true… #LibraryQuote #LibrariesForLife #CanadianLibraryMonth

Happy Canadian Library Workers Day! Thank you to all library and information workers across the country for providing Canadians with quality library and information services and helping to build stronger communities and a better Canada! #CLM23 #CanadianLibraryMonth

Announcing finalists for the 2025 #BalsilliePrize for Public Policy — congratulations to @VinceBeiser, @VassB & @denisehearn_, Pamela Cross, and @StephenJAWard. The $70K winner will be announced November 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/45NVmNL

This School Library Month we invite you to join us in the Dear School Library Project and tell us what makes your school library special. Learn more about the Dear School Library Project at dearschoollibrary.ca #SchoolLibraryJoy #CanadianSchoolLibraryMonth

Today, on #OrangeShirtDay Canadians honour the survivors of residential schools and remember the children who didn't make it home. Phyllis Webstad's orange shirt has become a symbol of hope and a commitment to #TruthAndReconciliation #EveryChildMatters orangeshirtday.org

Fourteen outstanding Canadian authors have been named to the 2025 #GillerPrize longlist! 📚 André Alexis for his short story collection Other Worlds, published by @McClellandBooks 📚 Mona Awad for her novel We Love You, Bunny, published by Scribner Canada 📚 Kirti Bhadresa for her short story collection An Astonishment of Stars, published by @ecwpress 📚 @eddyautomatic for his novel The Tiger and the Cosmonaut, published by Viking Canada 📚 @fannybritiche for her novel Sugaring Off, (translated by Susan Ouriou), published by @bookhugpress 📚 Joanna Cockerline for her novel Still, published by The Porcupine’s Quill 📚 Emma Donoghue for her novel The Paris Express, published by Harper Avenue 📚 Holly Kennedy for her novel The Sideways Life of Denny Voss, published by Lake Union Publishing 📚 @KnightEmmaL for her novel The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus, published by Viking Canada 📚 Amanda Leduc for her novel Wild Life, published by @randomhouseca 📚 @jobitek for her novel We, The Kindling, published by Alchemy By @KnopfCA 📚 @atbindusuresh for her novel The Road Between Us, published by @PressAssembly 📚 Souvankham Thammavongsa for her novel Pick a Colour, published by @KnopfCA 📚 Ian Williams for his novel You’ve Changed, published by @randomhouseca Learn more at gillerprize.ca/the-giller-pri… #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature #canadianfiction #canadianshortstories

ICYMI: We announced the 2025 #GillerPrize longlist yesterday! The shortlist will be announced on Monday, October 6, at 10 a.m. ET. Sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop. gillerprize.ca/newsletter #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature